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• Girl Scouts offers a Black History Month Fun Patch.
• The patch educates about the contributions of Black and African Americans.

Freedmen's Town

• After the official emancipation of Texas slaves in 1865, many migrated to Houston.
• They formed a community southwest of Downtown.
• This area became Freedmen's Town and an African American cultural center.
• By 1930, it housed one-third of Houston's 36,000 Black residents.
• Freedmen's Town is now a Nationally Registered Historic Landmark.
• The Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, the first African American Baptist Church in Houston, was founded in 1866 by nine formerly enslaved people.
• Bethel Park is a green space from the remnants of Reverend Jack Yates' Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.
• The Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum preserves historic homes and community institutions in Freedmen's Town.

Emancipation Park

• Emancipation Park is in Houston's Third Ward.
• The park's land was acquired in 1872 when former slaves raised $1,000 to purchase the 10-acre parcel.
• The land was purchased to host Juneteenth celebrations.
• African American architect Phil Freelon designed the current park.
• Freelon is also known for his work on the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Project Row Houses

• Project Row Houses is an art and cultural community center.
• It consists of 22 renovated shotgun-style homes on the 2500 Holman site.
• Ten of the twenty-two row houses are dedicated to art, photography and literary projects, installed on a rotating six-month basis.
• Each commissioned artist transforms a house to reflect on the history/cultural issues in the African-American community.
• Project Row Houses preserved the Eldorado Ballroom, a community entertainment venue for black social clubs.
• The Eldorado hosted blues, jazz, and R&B musicians like B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown and Ray Charles.
• Houston musicians Sam “Lightening” Hopkins and Johnny “Guitar” Watson honed their skills at the Eldorado.

Buffalo Soldiers National Museum

• This museum showcases the African American military experience.
• It uses performing arts, visual arts, educational programming, and exhibitions to explore Black contributions in the military.
• It pays homage to the first Black professional soldiers in the US peacetime army.

Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMААС)

• The museum explores African American customs and culture through art, lectures, community forums and films.
• Admission is free

Galveston Freedom Walk

• Galveston, Texas, is the birthplace of Juneteenth.
• Galveston Island is significant in United States and African American history.
• Galveston was home to the first African American secondary school and public library in Texas.
• World Heavyweight Champ Jack Johnson was also from Galveston.
• Galveston preserves the knowledge of African American accomplishments and heritage, historic sites and monuments.

Livingston Diversity Council

• The Livingston Diversity Council offers events and sponsors exhibits with local community groups.

The Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center

• The Wynne Home in Huntsville, TX, houses the Walker County African American Heritage Collection.
• Admission is free during operating hours.

Admire the Charlton-Pollard Mural in Beaumont

• The mural is located on one wall of the MLK Parkway underpass on Irving Street.
• Its location marks the entry to the Charlton-Pollard neighborhood in downtown Beaumont's south end.
• The mural honors T.T. Pollard and T.J Charlton, Sr., educators in the first Black high schools in Beaumont.
• Satoshi Fujita, aka Dragon76, from New York City, created the mural based on the history of these men, their contributions, and the community.

Patillo's BBQ in Beaumont

• Opened in 1912, it is the oldest black-owned and family-owned restaurant in Texas.
• It offers unique Southeast Texas style BBQ, including hand-stuffed links.
• A menu includes ribs, dirty rice, beans, and potato salad.

Nacogdoches Black History and Culture Expo

• It is an annual event in Nacogdoches.
• Admission is free.
• Includes activities, lunch, learning rooms, speakers, a talent show, middle school essay winners, & organization tables.
• Activities offered for youth ages 5-18.
• The Nacogdoches Community Coalition organizes the event.